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July 20, 2008

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Hillary's Trumped-up Troop Claim: In fact, most of them did. All active-duty Guard and Reserve troops were covered by federal insurance long before she became a senator. Furthermore, four out of five non-active-duty guardsmen and reservists also were covered by their civilian employers or other sources. Clinton did help expand and enhance government health care coverage for reservists but can't claim credit for creating coverage where none existed, as this ad implied. FACTCHECK.ORG

(Suggest removal) 1/18/08 at 1:39 p.m.

MORE LIES TO WIN VOTES: On her claim that Obama health plan leaves out 15 million It's true that Clinton’s plan would likely lead to somewhat higher levels of coverage than Obama’s, according to the research we've seen. But the difference in outcomes may not amount to much. The main distinction: Clinton calls for a mandate that would require all individuals to have health insurance; Obama requires only that children have coverage and that dependents be covered under their parents' insurance up to age 25. Of the estimated 46.5 million uninsured in the U.S., 9.4 million are children and 37 million are adults, according to an analysis of Census data by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Urban Institute. But neither candidate has provided enough detail for analysts to predict confidently how many might be left uninsured under either plan.
In a TV ad for her presidential campaign, Sen. Hillary Clinton falsely claimed that members of the National Guard and military Reserve didn’t have health insurance until she and a GOP colleague took action. "You would think that after all the sacrifices and service of the National Guard and Reserve protecting our country, they would have had health insurance. But they didn’t."

(Suggest removal) 1/18/08 at 1:37 p.m.

HERE'S A DOSE OF REALITY:
HILLARY’S CAMPAIGN CHARGED OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN WITH INTIMINATING A UNION WORKER TO VOTE FOR OBAMA
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/early-l...
After the (Nevada) Sun worked the story for two hours, this much is clear: What exactly happened this afternoon at Paris Las Vegas depends on whom you talk to. To hear Clinton’s campaign and her supporters tell it, the union intimidated a member into caucusing for Obama, demanding that she sign a pledge card — or face exile from the caucus.
To hear the alleged victim tell it, it was much more of a misunderstanding.
The Culinary Union has investigated and says the source of the drama seemed to be about how one changes one’s party registration three days before the caucus.
Antuna was a registered independent, and the union reps were talking to her about how she had to be a Democrat to participate on Saturday, Weiss said.
Hardly scandalous and certainly not intimidation, she added.

(Suggest removal) 1/18/08 at 1:36 p.m.

CLINTON MISLEADS VOTERS: On meet the press, she stated It was the White House proposal, not Mr. Hagel’s, that Mrs. Clinton supported, explaining in an Oct. 10, 2002, speech on the Senate floor that it was time to tell Saddam Hussein that “this is your last chance — disarm or be disarmed.”
The repeated references to Mr. Hagel by the Clintons make it clear that they are trying to distance her from the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq, by associating her with a persistent critic of the war.
Bill Clinton has raised the claim at least twice, including in an April 2007 interview on “Larry King Live” and, most recently, at a campaign event in New Hampshire just before the Democratic primary there.

(Suggest removal) 1/18/08 at 1:35 p.m.

Hillary plays dirty politics all the while claiming to be the victim. She lies. She sent out fliers stating that Obama would create a 1 trillion dollar tax increase for Social Security. FALSE. Actually, most folks won't be impacted by what Obama is proposing. Almost 97% of Americans already pay social security tax on 100% of their salaries. He's talking about raising the cap on the other 3%. Senator Clinton is using a scare tactic here and disingenuous attack, considering that she contemplates raising the cap as well.

To abuse low information voters this way is disingenous and says a great deal about how Clinton would run the country.

(Suggest removal) 1/18/08 at 1:34 p.m.

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